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G. A. HUEWE. MACHINE FOR MAKING SHIPPING TAGS.

No, 510,641. Patented Deo.'12-,.1893.

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GEORGE A. HUEWE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEYS, LEE & HUEWE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FORpMAJKIN G SHIPPING-TAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0."510,641, dated December 12, 189 3.

Application filed December 17, 1891- Serial No. 415.368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HUEWE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Shi pping-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

The several features of my invention and [o the various advantages resulting from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification and in which similar 1 letters represent corresponding parts,-Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an elevation of that side of a machine embodying my invention, which faces toward the right in Fig. 3. In this elevation,the fly wheel and the power wheel for driving this machine are removed, in order to disclose the mechanism behind them. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is an elevation of that side of the said machine which faces toward the left in Fig.3. In this view, the devices for wetting the gummed paper and conducting it to the machine, are omitted. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is a plan or top view of the machine, with the exception that all of that forward portion of the mechanism lying above a horizontal plane passing through the dotted line 3, 3, of Fig. 4, is omitted. The hand wheel at the front of the machine is also omitted. Fig. 4,Sheet 4, is an enlarged elevation of that end of the machine which faces toward the bottom in Fig. 5 1. In this elevation all that extreme portion of the end of the machine located to the left of a plane passing through the dotted line 4,

4, of Fig. 1, is omitted. This figure illustrates the construction of those features of my in- 40 vention which pertain to the forming, gluing. and punching the tabs and eyelet holes. Fig. 5, Sheet 5,is a side elevation of the device for wetting and conducting to the punching and gluing attachments the previously gummed stock from which the eyelet blanks are formed. In this figure, at the left is the supporting bar and the adjustable slide for upholding the said device for wetting the gummed stock, and conducting it to the puncher; and still farther at the left are seen in vertical central section,the punches proper for punching out the tabs, and the eyelethole of the tag. Fig.

for holding the sponge.

6 illustrates a completed tag. In this figure the main portion of the tag is indicated by theletter Zand the eyelet blank by Y and the eyelet hole by X. Fig. 7 shows one of the guidesfor keeping the paper from slipping off the .rollers. Fig. 8 illustrates the clamp Fig. 9 is an elevation of the moistening rollers looking at the right side in Fig.5. Fig. 10, Sheet 6, is aside elevation of the feed rolls and certain of their immediate connections, illustrating an important feature of mv invention. Fig. 11 is an elevation of that edge-of the feed rolls and certain of their connections which are apparent to an observer located at the right of Fig. l0 and looking toward the devices shown in said figure.

-A indicates the base or foundation of the machine, preferably of some height, and hollow, in or'der to economize in the use of metal, and also to provide a place for the reception I of the weights employed asa counterbalance, as hereinafter mentioned. This hollow base ,is provided with a door A, swung on hinges A in order that the space within this foun dation A may be easily reached. Upon this baseA'is located the uprightsupporting piece A securely bolted to the base, substantially So as shown. At the front end of the upright piece A is the bracket B here employed to support the mechanism for punching out the paper eyelets, gumming-thein to the tags, and punching the eyelet holes through the tags. This bracket carries the guideways B, B by means of which the aforesaid mechanism for making the eyeletblanks, gumming the tags and punching the eyelet holes in said blanks I is adjusted nearer to or farther from the ap- 9o paratus for printing the tags. The upper edge of the guideway B inclines downward toward the main portion of the bracket B, thereby constituting a dove-tail projection C with a groove at its upper side in which rests 5 a corresponding dove-tail projection of the runner C. The lower portion of this runner C is provided with a shoulder C which fits directly under and close to the lower edge of the guide B Between the guideways B and [co B is a slot B, in which slides a piece C One end of this piece is provided with a screw,

whereby it is secured to the runner, C, and

at the other end with a screw which receives the nut C Between this nut O and the piece (3 lies a washer, and when the bolt is tightened, the runner piece C is clamped securely in a stationary position against the bracket B. This runner piece is rigidly connected to and preferably integral with the bracket or supporting piece C. This supporting piece 0 carries at the front the guideway 0' above, and the guideway 0 below. Through the guideway C operates the punch (J and through the guideway O operates the punch G These punches are of equal diameterthe same as that of the eyelet blanks which they are to form.

The preferred mechanism for operating these punches is as follows:-E is a power shaft, on which is fixed an eccentric E. A strap E surrounds this eccentric, provided with the usual devices E for clamping the strap upon the eccentric, and is further provided with an eye E", which is pivoted upon a pivot stud E fixed in the lever E, the lever being pivoted at E to a portion of the supporting piece 0. To this lever E is pivotally connected at O the connecting rod or piece C whose upper end is pivotally connected at C to the head 0 of the lower punch 0 The upper punch C is connected bya pivot O to the connecting piece or link 0 which, at its upper end is pivotally connected to the lever 0 This lever is in turn pivotally fulcrumed at C to the upper end of the supporting piece (3. The other end of the lever is pivotally connected at C to the connecting rod 0 whose other ends are pivotally connected at O to the aforementioned lever E. As the eccentric E is rotated by the shaft E the leverE is elevated, and thus elevates the lower punch 0 and through the agency of the connecting rod 0 lever O and connecting rod 0, it depresses the upper punch 0. Thus the elevation of the lever E causes the punches C and C to approach each other. The distance between the punches C and (3 when they are approximated, is regulated by the nuts C C in the connecting rod C, the latter being made in two pieces and connected by the bolt, secured by the nuts C 0*. Between the nuts 0 C is located a sleeve 6, and a rub-- ber 0 so that when the punches C and (3 press the eyelet blanks against the tag blanks, the two punches will no longer so press against each other as to injure the paper stock between' them, in consequence of the rubber bulb or ball 0 yielding.

The punch for punching the eyelet holes is indicated by the character E and passes through the upper punch C and when depressed passes down through the opening in the punch 0 The punch E at its upper end is pivotally connected at E to the connecting rod E and this is in turn connected to the block E pivoted to the lever E", at the end thereof. The mode in which the rod E is connected to the block E is by means of the set screw E above, and the set screws E below the block, these set screws engaging the screw threads on the connecting rod E Thus the permanent elevation or depression of the rod E and consequently of the punch E is regulated by means of these two set screws. The lever E is pivotally fulcrumed on E to the supporting piece 0 and the other end of this lever is pivotally connected to the upper end of the connecting rod E whose lower end is pivoally connected at E to one end of the lever E". This lever E is pivotally fulcrumed at E to a part of the supporting piece 0. The other end of this lever is pivoted to a roller E adapted to engage a projection E located on the side of the cam E near the periphery thereof. As the cam or eccentric E is rotated, the projetion E impinges against the roller E and moves the lever E", thereby elevating the connecting piece E operating the lever E", and depressing the piece E and consequently the punch E The mode in which the punch E is quickly elevated is by means of the spring E (located in the sleeve E whose lower end presses the block or head E against the adjacent end of the lever E substantially as shown. The elastic pressure of the spring E against said lever is increased or diminished by rotating the screw bolt E which screws into the sleeve E and more or less compresses the spring according as it is advanced or retracted. As the projection E on the eccentric E passes out of contact with the roller E of the lever E the spring E suddenly depresses the other end of the lever and thereby lifts the punch E up out of the way. Elevation of the lever E operates to feed forward the paper stock.

F indicates a paper strip of suitable width, out of which are to be punched those eyelet blanks which are to lie upon the upper side of the tag and to be gummed thereto.

F indicates the lower strip, out of which are to be punched the lower eyelet blanks which are to be in turn attached to the under sides of their respective tags.

G indicates the central strip of suitable width, which is fed to the machine and out of which the tags are to be made.

F indicates the upper guideway, through which the upper strip of paper F passes, and F indicates the lower guideway through which the lower strip of paper F passes.

The strip Gof paper is fed between the strips of paper and in a direction at right angles thereto. The strip G for making the tag is drawn by means hereinafter described, between the punches O and 0 while the punch O is elevated above the plane in which the strip F passes through the guides, and the punch G is below the horizontal plane in which the strip F passes through the guides. The strips F and F are fed forward by means of the mechanism herein described and thereupon the punches" C, (J are moved toward each other, and as they move toward each other, the punch O punches out through its die F the eyelet blank from the strip F, and

. the punch through the agency of its die strip having been previously gummed and moistened, and hence being in a sticky condition, the eyelet blanks pressed against the tag strip will tightly adhere thereto. The tag strip is now in a condition to have the eye- .let punched through, and by the operation of the eccentric, the punch E will descend, and passing through the punch (3 and down into the punches C punches an eyelet hole through the upper eyelet blank and the tag strip proper and through the lower eyelet blank, thus punching the eyelet hole through three thicknesses of paper thus combined. The punches O and O are now separated and retracted to their first position by the descent of the lever E, and the punch E being retracted to its first position bythe means l1eretofore described, the strips F, F are free to be drawn forward by suitable feed mechanism. The preferreddescription of this feed mechanism is shown more particularlyin Fig. 4, and is as followsz-I-Iindicatesagear wheel pivoted at H to the frame piece 0 andengaging a second gear wheel H pivoted at H to the said supporting frame. To the wheel H is connected an upperfrictional feed wheel H and to the gear-Wheel H is fixed a lower frictional feed wheel H Tothe upper feed wheel H is fixed a ratchet wheel H". A lever H is pivoted at H to the frame piece and carries a pawl H pivoted to this lever at H caused by spring H to engage with the ratchet wheel H The upper end of the connecting rod H is pivotally connected at H 9 to the lever H The lower end of this connecting rod is pivotally connected at H to the lever E. These feed rollers H H are each formed with a circumferential channel Zin the central portion of the periphery. In Fig.1, an edge view of the upper of these frictional feed rollers H is given, and the peripheral cen-v tral groove is there shown. The, lower frictional roller H has asimilar groovesimilarly located, and the grooves of both rollers lie in the same planes transverse to the axes of said rollers Consequently theraised edges at thesides of the groove of one roller respectively press against the adjacent raised edges of the groove of the other roller. The grooves of the two rollers constitute where the rolls are together, a chamber through the horizontal middle of which passes the middle portion of the united strips ashereinaftcr mentioned. These rollers H are thus grooved for feeding the eyelet stock through in a clean, neat, expeditious and mechanicalma ner. It will be observed that the gumined sides of the opposingeyelet strips face eachother, and after leaving the punching mechanism these strips come together. Owing to the fact that these strips have central openings caused by the punching out of the eyelets, if

the peripheries of the rollers were even across the roll, then when the strips were pressed quite forcibly together, as must be the case, because the friction rolls between whichtthe strips pass could not otherwise friotionally grasp them, the gum on the strips would be forced out of the eyelet holes and onto the rollersand cover them with sticky gum, and

this gum would seriously interfere with the proper functions and operation of the rollers and the delivery of the punched eyelet strips. Among other disadvantages may be noted this, viz: The punched eyelet strips would stick fast tothe rollers and be carried up and aroundthem and again enter between the rollers at the same time those portions of thestri-ps just from the punch are entering between the rolls. The central peripheral grooves which I have provided, prevent pressure coming upon that part of the strips which is in the vicinity where the eyelets have been taken out, andheuce prevent the gum onthe eyelet strips being squeezed out into the openings whence the eyelets were taken By this provision, which I have instituted, the rollers friotionally press against the eyelet strips onlyat and in the'vicinity of the edges of the said rollers and said-strips. Thedescent of the lever E, at the same time that it operates to retract the punches O and O (thepunch It having been previously retracted,) operates through the said connectingv rod H and said roll, ratchet wheel,

gear and friction wheels to carry. forward the strips F, F of paper stock passing between them and thus bring afresh uncut portion of the said strips F, F opposite the ends or heads of the said punches O C The pivot H of the roller H is eccentrically connected to a largerpivot H This pivot H passes through the frame 0 and is connected on the other side to a short arm H A spring H has one end secured to a pin H and the.

other to the outer end of the arm H A movement of the arm H in a direction opposite to the tension of the spring H disen-.

gages the gearing H, H and separates the rolls H H and permits of the paper being easily passed between the rolls Hill.

Directly supported upon the frame A is a series of gear wheels arranged to operate a revolving cylinder carrying the type whereby the tag is printed, and also to distribute the.

ink suitably upon the said type. The said framework carries mechanism for causing the type after being inked to descend upon'the strip G at the proper point and print upon that'portion of the tag beneath it the desired words, characters or matter to be printed thereon. V

I indicates the platen which'upholds the tag strip G while the type descends and prints upon the strip.

All of this mechanism herein referred to for printing on the strip and which has been referred to as being directly supported by the supporting frame A being well knownand in common use, and forming no part of my invention, further description of the same is here omitted.

The preferred place for the location of the feed whereby the paper tag strip G is moved forward is at its supporting frame A. In general this feed consists of two rolls J and J, located in front of the printing roller. The paper strip is tightly pressed between these friction rolls, J and J. The friction rolls are operated through the agency of the pinion J fixed upon the same shaft J on which the upper feed roll J is fixed. This pinion J meshes with the pinion J to which is concentrically fixed aratchetJ operated by a pawl J 6 pressing against the said ratchet wheel by meansof the spring JZ-and pivoted at J to one end of the lever J. This lever ispivoted at J on the same axis or pivot on which the pawl and ratchet J 5 and gear wheel J are located. A reciprocal oscillatory movement is communicated tothe leverJ through the agency of the rod J connected to a strap J surrounding the eccentric J fixed on shaft J operated by gear J in turn rotated by pinion J", which latterre ceives a rotary motion from the gear J, the

shaft of the latter being'rotated through the agency of itsshaft J which is in turn rotated by the power pulley J A fly wheel J performs its usual functions in relation to the mechanism of the machine. The rod J is connectedto the lever J by means of the bolt J whose shank passes through a j j it and the" punching mechanism are adjusted toorfrom fherolls, ayoke E rests ina groove E of a-sleeve F. running upon the shaft E slot J in the lever J and is clamped thereon at any desired distance from the pivot J The fartherfrorn thepivot J that the connection is made on the lever J and the rod J the shorter will be the throw of j pressing mechanism capable of being adthe end of the lever J 9 and consequently the less willb'e the amount of revolution of the feed rolls. Consequently by connecting rod J to the rod J at a given point, the desired distance which the feed rolls shall feed the tag strip G forward can be obtained.

In orderto keep the tag strip G taut and level as it passes between the punches aforementioned,I provide a couple of tension rolls K, K, the upper tension roll K resting upon the roll K. Between these rolls the paper strip G passes on its way from the source of paper supply to the punches. The journal at one end of the roller K is supported in a bearing located in the supporting piece or bracket K and the other end of the journal of the roller K is supported in like manner inthe bearing located in a corresponding supporting pieceor bracket K For convenience of adjustment, each of the pieces supporting the rollers is provided with a vertical slot extending from the top of the bracket down to and connecting with the journal bearing of the roll K. After the paper strip G has been placed upon the roller K, the" roller K is adjusted upon the paper strip,

punching mechanism, the eccentric E an suitably pivoted at N of the same diameter,-i'n which event, the roller N is preferably located higher than the the respective journalsof this roller entering and being located in the respective slots K of the pieces K. The weight of the roller K pressesthe paper strip G against the roller K and the resistance of the tworollers against being revolved, holds hack the paper strip G as the feed rollers J, J draw it forward and the paper is thus kept taut and in perfect alignment between the upper and lower punches and pressing devices.

In order to prevent the paper strip from moving laterally out of position, a suitable adj ustable guide is provided between the tension rollers K, K and the punches C C This guide consists of the dovetailed groove L, in which slide the guiding pieces L, L. Each of these guiding pieces can be set at any desired point along the groove L by means of a set screw L The runner 0 together with the supporting piece 0 and the punching mechanism which it supports is adjusted nearer toor' farther from the feed rolls by means of the screw M engaginga female screw in the piece C This screw M? fixedly rotates in a stem M fined tothe bracket B,the screw being rotated by a hand wheel M, substantially as shown. Together with the uplper its accompaniments move toward or from the feed rolls,theeccentric sliding upon its power 1 shaft E ters the longitudinal groove E in the shaft E Thus while the eccentric slides upon this shaft, the latter (at any point along its len gth) A feather E of are eccentric eniscapable of rotating'the' eccentric.

In order to relievetheeccentric of strain as and fixed to the eccentric and rotated therewith. By thus rendering the punching and juste'd nearer to or farther from the rolls, the

problem of bringing a tag of any given size into the printing mechanism at the right time 1 and place is solved.

The mechanism for wetting theeyeletstrip stock is as follows:--The strip Fco'ming from the source of paper supply, passes up over a roller N and on to the upper guideway F of I the punching apparatus. This roller is journal'ed on a pin or spindle N The strip F passes up over the roller N and thence down and up and around a loose pulley or sheave N and thence forward to'the lower guideF of the punching apparatus. The rollerN is The rollers may be roller N in order that the strip F may clear the strip F in passing to the punching debefore being respectively fed to the rollers ICC surface of the sponge being in contact with thetextile fabric strips N N of the rollers.

This clamp is preferably made as shown, viz: of two bent strips of metal N and N the clamp N -being fixed to the forward edge of the tank and the clamp N being secured to the first named clamp by means of bolts or adjusting devices. At the upper side of this mechanism and secured to the supporting piece isa tank N provided with a faucet N whereby water or other suitable liquid is continually delivered upon the sponge in a quantity sufficient to keep the sponge thoroughly saturated. Should there be any drip from the sponge, this excess of liquid is caught in the drip or catch basin N",and is duly delivered therefrom by the faucet N I The loose pulley or sheave N is pivoted to one end of an arm N, which in turn is pivoted at N to the side of the supporting piece N, or to a similar stationary support. The

periphery of this pulley is held in conjunctionwith the periphery of the rollerN bymeans of the spring N fastened at one end to the frame N and at the other to the arm N The periphery of the said pulley would touch the edge of the periphery of the roller N were it not for the interposition of the paper eyelet'strip F.

N is a roller, the function of whichis to keep the paper eyelet strip F down against the roller N. This'roller N is pivoted to the arm N pivoted at N to the supporting framework N, or equivalent piece. A spring N connected at one end to the framework, N" and at the other end to this last named the pulley N down and upon arm N ,draws the roller N.

It will frequently be found desirable to provide additional guides for keeping the eyelet strip blanks F, F upon their respective roll- For this purpose, -I provide guides N I ers. one of which is located substantially as shown in relation to roller N and keeps the eyelet strip F in place while passing over said roller and the other guide N is likewise placed over the periphery of the roller N and retains the eyelet blank strip F in position. A guide or abutment N is also preferably provided as shown, to prevent the eyelet strip blank F from sagging down between the point where it leaves roller N and the point where it enters the guide F -In practice, the sponge gives off the liquid it contains to the textile fabric strips N so that the latter becomethoroughly saturated with the liquid. As the paper eyelet strips F and F are drawn forward by means of the the gum thereon .isthoroughly moistened, In like manner, the gummed side of the strip F comes into contact with the saturated textile fabric on the roller N- auid the gum on said stri is thorou hly wette V T l ie supporting piece N is snitablyupheld and the preferred mode of upholding t s by connecting it to ablock N slid ng in theslot B in the guideway and secured .to the runner O by means of a screw N substantially as shown. This block is providedwith a central orifice N sufficiently'large forthe reception of the screw M without the latter-com ng into contact with the surface of the said orifice N It is evident thereforethat as the. punching mechanism is adjusted nearer to or farther from the feed rollers'J, J', the wetting mechanism will likewise move with the punching mechanism.

After the tag blank has been duly prov ded with an eyelet and the eyelethole has been punched therein,-and.the surface, of the tag has been printed, the operationyet to be per formed is to cut off thetag from the strip. This operation is performed by nieansof rnechanism suitably upheld by meansof a guide B, similar to that heretofore described, and "provided with the guides B, B similar to those already described. This second gu de B is duly bolted, or otherwise secured to the supporting frame A A at, the end thereof. The strip G in its rearward passage runs on to a cutting table R. Hinged at'R is aknife holder R carryinga knife blade Riscrewed thereto by screw R in such a manner as to be readily removed from the holderR to be sharpened or otherwise repaired, or in the event of the breakage of the knife,'t,o enablea new one tobesubstituted in place of the broken one.

a shaft R, the eccentric being capable of sliding upon the shaft R by means of the groove in the shaft and'feather on the eccentric. The entire cutting mechanism is carried on a ru nner O, sliding-- in the guideways B, B and regulatedby the adjusting screw M rotated by a hand wheel similar to M, the said adj usting screw M being located with reference to the guideway substantially similarly to the v first mentioned screw M This runner 0 carries a yoke R, which engageswith the recess in the sleeve R and operates as a brace in compelling the eccentric to move along the shaft R as the upper portions of the cutting mechanism with runner 0 move along the guideway B. As the knife descends, the knives R, R first reach the paper and cut out the V'shaped piece, and the long or straight knife R next makes a straight out separating the remainder of the tag from the following portion of the tag strip or blank G. The newly cut tag falls off at the rear of the machine into any suitable delivery chute, which latter delivers the same into the box, or to any desired place.

The capabilityof the rear cutting mechanism to be adjusted nearer to or farther from the feed rollers enables the tag vto be cut off at exactly the right point from the remainder of the strip.

While the various features of my invention are preferably employed together, one or more of the said features may be used without the remainder, and in so far as applicable, one or more of the said features may be employed in machines for manufacturing tags other than the one herein specifically set forth.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for manufacturing paper tags, the punching guides 0 C and the rollers N and N the periphery of each being provided with a material capable of being wetted and each roller being in contact with means substantially as described for wetting the periphery of the same, and sheave N, adapted to receive the gummed strip from roller N and hold it for the punching guide, the roller N being adapted to wet the gummed strip for delivery to its punching guides, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a machine for manufacturing paper tags, the rollers N and N the periphery of each being provided with a material capable of being wetted, and each roller being in contact with means, substantially as described for wetting the periphery of the same, and

sheave N, for receiving the wetted gummed strip from the roller N and hold it for the punching guide, and the punchingguides, C 0 and the idler N holding the upper eyelet blank strip down on roller N, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a machine for manufacturing paper tags, the rollers N and N the. periphery of each being provided with a material capable of being wetted, and each rollerbeing in contact with means substantially as described for wetting the periphery of the same, and sheave N, and tension roller N and arms N N respectively carrying the sheave or pulley N and the tension roller N these arms being pivoted to a stationary support, and the springs N respectively connected to their adjacent arms N theme to draw the said pulleys toward the peripheries of their respective rollers N and N substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In a machine for manufacturing paper tags, the rollers N and N the periphery of each being provided with a material capable of being wetted, and each roller being 1n contact with means substantially as described for wetting the periphery of the same, and sheave N in approximate conjunction w th roller N and idler pulley N acting with roller N, and the arms N N respectively carrying the sheave or pulley N and the tension roller N flthese arms being pivoted to a stationary support and the springs N respectively connected to their ad acent arms N and operated by drawing the said pulley and the said roller toward the peripherles of their respective rollers, substantially as and for the purposes specified. j

5. In a machine for manufacturing paper tags, the punching mechanism supported on the runner O, adjusted on the guideway 1?, and the mechanism for wetting the previously gum med eyelet blank strips prior to the introduction of the latter to the punches, said last named mechanism having the support N carrying the rollers N and N having per1pheries which can be wetted and againstwhose peripheries are adapted to receive and carry the eyelet strip blanks F and F, the said support N being connected to the runner piece or block N secured to the runner 0, whereby the adjustment of the wetting mechanism and of the punching mechanism to and over the rollers for feeding the tag blank strip of paper through the machine can be made, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

b. In a machine for wetting the previously gummed eyelet blank strips previous to their being punched and combined with a tag, the rollers N and N each provided with a channel N in which is located a piece of textile fabric in combination with a sponge capable of saturation in contact with the said textile fabric of the rollers, the latter adapted to receive on said fabric the eyelet blank strips F and F, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. In combination with mechanism for first wetting the previously gummed strips and then punching the eyelet blanks, pasting them upon the tag blank, and punching the eyelet hole through the same, the feed rollers II, II located at the rear of the punching mechanism, and each provided with a peripheral groove in the direction of its circumference, said rollers being for feeding the eyelet blanks forward through the punching mechanism, the raised portions of the peripheries of the feed rolls coming into contact with the eyelet strips at their edge portions, the middles of the said strips being out of contact with the 'feed rolls, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE A. HUEWE.

Attest:

WM. E. J onus, HENRY APPLETON. 

